Leon moved to Chicago in 1998 and became a part of the pansexual BDSM community shortly thereafter. He has participated in the operation of several organizations including presidency of The Next Generation of Chicago (TNGC), participation in the Chicago Leather Leadership Council, and volunteer work for both the LRA and Galleria Domain II of Chicago. He is currently the Secretary of the Leather Archives and Museum.

He helped popularize rope bondage in Chicago with participation in the Chicago Rope and Mummification group and from there has taught a variety of topics from rope bondage to D/s theory at lifestyle events and organizations around the Country.

His fetish and BDSM photography has appeared in Eros-Zine, the Dirty Show, Baltimore Erotic Arts Festival, SEAF, Bondage Magazine and other venues.

Why? That's the question I always ask when people tell me things like hemp is better, use 6mm rope, don't put a tightening not around your subject's neck. The reasoning is often not obvious and, sometimes, downright counter-intuitive. Understanding these reasons will allow the rigger to better remember these items deemed "common knowledge" and make well reasoned choices. This class will: - Clarify some of the basic things you've been taught to do and not do. - Cover strengths of common materials and safety factor guidelines - Cover the role of friction and tension in bondage - Cover a small selection of bondage techniques that demonstrate why we do some things the way we do

Some of us were blessed by having a support network to teach us all forms of hot bondage ties. Many of us had to do the hard work on our own. This course will cover some basics such as "Why do many accomplished riggers use hemp rope and many others use synthetics?" With the basics out of the way, we'll examine a few representative examples of the most common learning device available to nearly all aspiring rope bondage aficionados. On line photos. We all have a bunch of kinky photos on our hard drives that we wished we could reproduce. We'll discuss and interactively attempt to reproduce the examples in class. Bring rope.